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Rear Shock

SteveandBelinda

SteveandBelinda

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I have a 2010 RT SE5. I have everything on the bike , except the rear air ajustment. I have to manually add , throught the schrader valve under the seat. I noticed from maintenance records from the previous owners had a leak, and it was serviced and supposedly repaired. I have added to it several times within the last two weeks. My question is, do you think that I could get some kind of tee to screw on the schrader valve, and on one side of the tee have a short hose with a gage, and the other end of the tee, a place to add air. This way I don't have to hook up a gage to test how much pressure is in it, each time? I know I could just take it in and let them check it, but it may just be me, and after just getting it, I don't need more un-needed expenses.
 
T + Gauge

If you are really handy, yes the parts are out there to do this ......there isn't a lot of room to work with around there tho.....have you tightened the Schrader valve to make sure it's not leaking ....mine was .............Mike :thumbup:
 
You mean tighten the valve itself? No, because I am not sure about wrenching on it.

BLUEKNIGHT911 said:
If you are really handy, yes the parts are out there to do this ......there isn't a lot of room to work with around there tho.....have you tightened the Schrader valve to make sure it's not leaking ....mine was .............Mike :thumbup:
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SteveandBelinda said:
You mean tighten the valve itself? No, because I am not sure about wrenching on it.
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Mike is talking about the inside of the valve. There is a small tool that is used to remove and install that part of the valve and any auto parts store will carry it.
This is the same type of valve that is used on car tires so you just insert the tool into the valve until you can turn it by hand and turn it to the right, but do not use a lot of pressure as it only needs to be snugged up.

A question for you. What are you using to fill and check your air pressure? It doesn't take much to fill these small air bags and it would be easy to over fill and damage it if using a source like a compressor. Then there is the air pressure testers that can let a lot of the air out when checking. I use one from Harley that is designed for air shocks that is also a hand pump. It is designed to not let air out when connecting, or disconnecting it. If air is needed I then just hand pump it in.
Bike (peddle) shops also carry this style of pump, but at the time I purchased mine the one at the Harley shop was less $.
 
Tee

I had to remove my air bag to fix a leak that my dealer didn't want to get involved with, and when I put everything back together I added a gauge.



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PW2013STL said:
Mike is talking about the inside of the valve. There is a small tool that is used to remove and install that part of the valve and any auto parts store will carry it.
This is the same type of valve that is used on car tires so you just insert the tool into the valve until you can turn it by hand and turn it to the right, but do not use a lot of pressure as it only needs to be snugged up.

A question for you. What are you using to fill and check your air pressure? It doesn't take much to fill these small air bags and it would be easy to over fill and damage it if using a source like a compressor. Then there is the air pressure testers that can let a lot of the air out when checking. I use one from Harley that is designed for air shocks that is also a hand pump. It is designed to not let air out when connecting, or disconnecting it. If air is needed I then just hand pump it in.
Bike (peddle) shops also carry this style of pump, but at the time I purchased mine the one at the Harley shop was less $.
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For air, I used an air tank with about 50 lbs in it. Don't use compressor too much air, too fasst. Will have to try my bicycle pump.
 
Good 'ole McMaster-Carr

I got the gauge and the fittings from McMaster-Carr. I replaced the 90 degree pushlock elbow on top of the bag (that's where my leak was) with what they call an easy align fitting. It is a compression fitting that the ferrule and the nut are one piece. You need to use an insert inside the plastic air line but you don't need a plastic ferrule because the brass ferrule extends past the nut and flares so it won't cut the air line. Pushlocks are great but don't bury them in a hard to reach place like the top of the airbag. I removed the pushlock adapter from the Schrader valve and put an easy align NPT x compression tee in it and branched off to a bulkhesd fitting where the gauge is and used an easy align elbow there. You can see the seat lock mechanism in the pic to tell where it's mounted. It is real handy for adding air and checking it. I was putting air in daily, now I lose maybe a pound every 1 1/2 - 2 months which I would consider is normal leakdown thru the bag.
 
IdahoMtnSpyder said:
Unfortunately, not an unheard of problem. The bag in the 2013 RT I had developed a leak between the rubber and the metal mount it was glued to. Fortunately mine was a warranty replacement.
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Yea, I don't think that a shock would be, and probably looked at a wear and tear, but it should not be bad with only 16k on the bike.
 
Air tank is a great way to add air and balance psi with that in the tank...as suggest

I used to use the tank on air shocks on the Harley that had even smaller volume storage... just limited the tank pressure to 20 before adding. For the Spyder I can use the tank at 50 psi for the base air shock, or lower the tank pressure to 22 and balance out the front tires to 20 psi...just go back and forth a couple of times til both are equalized.
 
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